The Altrincham FC Supporters' Club - TASC

By kind permission of Brian Flynn, the minutes of the Altrincham F.C. Supporters' Club Committee are reproduced below. In due course, the Committee will launch its own website.

The Altrincham F.C. Supporters' Group (TASC), Committee Meeting, Saturday, November 29th, 2008.

Attendees:

Chris Ainsworth, Darren Gregory, Ian Jones, Gareth Thomas, Brian Flynn, Steve Foster, Mike Ainsworth, Dawn Abbott (Part)

Apologies:

Graham Jackett, Tom Jacobs, Grahame Rowley

Minutes of November 1st 2008 Meeting

Poker Nights:

Mike Ainsworth will provide an update at the January meeting.

Fixtures Poster

Chris Ainsworth will produce the next poster for December 20th.

The Old Fashioned Football Shirts/Pub Crawl

Gareth Thomas to provide an update at the January meeting.

Darren Gregory proposed that the minutes were accepted & this was seconded by Mike Ainsworth.

Fundraising:

New Year Draw

Sale of Tickets:

  • Stuart Coburn to hand in money from players/staff & any unused tickets on Saturday December 13th (Southport match).
  • Grahame Rowley has sold 45 books
  • Gareth Thomas will organise ticket sales that will replace bucket collections
  • Mike Davis, a supporter, has sold 20 books & taken 100 further books which he is confident of selling.
  • 100 Books to be given to Altrincham Juniors by Brian Flynn
  • Gareth Thomas to ask each Youth Team Player to sell three books.

    Sales seem to be going quite well at this stage and we decided to order a reprint of tickets as there were only about 300-400 books left. The reprint would have Keith Davey as the named lottery promoter. Gareth Thomas to ask John Laidlar to promote Draw on the club website & to get Steve Raftery to publicise on the Public Address

    Smaller Prizes: There are some available from last year. Brian Flynn to e-mail wider group to ask for a volunteer to organise & be responsible for the prizes & also to request further prizes.

    General:

    Mike Ainsworth to ascertain whether the revenue raised from selling Match DVDs via Ebay will be counted as TASC raised money.

    Bag2TheFuture

    Darren Gregory advised that 450 bags had been issued after the Cambridge United game and that hopefully we will know how much has been raised by the January meeting.

    Christmas Lunch for Pensioners

    This is an idea of Dave Johnson's and he is organising it. It will take place at 12.30pm on Wednesday 17th December in The Sponsor's Lounge. The cost is £5.99. Mike Ainsworth suggested mailshotting Queens Court near the ground. Brian Flynn to organise flyers for Bowling Club Meeting in Sponsors Lounge on Sunday November 30th. (6 Bookings received from this).

    Brian Flynn to e-mail wider group as we need supporters to push this event to make it a success!

    Future Ideas:

  • A gig in the Noel White Suite (Harbingers, a group which has Altrincham fans in it).
  • Golf Day at Mobberley Golf Club. Eric Grindley, one of the Vice Presidents, is the Club Captain
  • New Year Draw Ticket Sales/Fundraising at Manchester United Reserve games

    Brian Flynn to follow these up with Grahame Rowley/Derek Wilshaw/Graham Heathcote.

    Membership:

  • Brian Flynn to put appeal out for a Membership Secretary (Programme,Website,E-mail Group).
  • We agreed to have the same membership subscription levels as STAR.
  • Annual Membership to run January-December.
  • Membership to include specific benefits e.g. Discounts,Badge,Card,etc.

    Any Other Business (AOB)

  • Naming of 'The Golf Road End' Draw.Suggestion is to do this as a separate draw at the end of the season. Brian Flynn to discuss with Grahame Rowley whether this should be a Supporters or Corporate Draw.
  • Steve Foster and Gareth Thomas volunteered to do the TASC programme page. Brian Flynn to hand this over for Southport programme.
  • Dawn Abbott has agreed to take on the role of Secretary.

    Thanks to Steve Foster for taking these minutes.

    Brian Flynn, Chairman, The Altrincham Supporters Group (TASC)